Add a new folder to your local site and call it CssFiles. This is the location that you use to save your CSS documents. Do that now so you can create your CSS file. I covered creating and attaching a CSS file extensively in Part 1.

Save your CSS file as basiclayout.css. Once you have completed the exercise of attaching the CSS file to basiclayout.html, the HTML source code will look like the following:

As you can see, the link to basiclayout.css has been inserted in the head of basiclayout.html. I discussed the merits of using an external CSS file earlier in this series, particularly the ability to control the appearance of your website from a single location.